Don't talk of love and peace when
you have a dead animal on your plate.
Socrates
People who say they love animals sit down
to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been
utterly deprived of everything that could make
their lives worth living and who endured
the awful suffering and the terror
of the abattoirs.
Jane Goodall
Mend the part of the world
that is within your reach.
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless
Christmas dinner's dark and blue
When you stop and try to see it
From the turkey's point of view
Sunday dinner isn't sunny
Easter feasts are just bad luck
When you see it from the view point
of a chicken or a duck
Oh how I once loved tuna salad
Pork and lobsters, lamb chops too
Till I stopped and looked at dinner
From the dinner's point of view
Shel Silverstein
Every culture has something to be ashamed of,
but every culture also has the right to change,
to challenge negative traditions,
and to create new ones.
Azar Nafisi
Where there is love there is life.
Mahatma Gandhi
